P2POpen Network Exchanges 1.5 Million Medical Referrals

eClinicalWorks Also Receives EHNAC-DirectTrust Accreditation, Further
Demonstrating its Commitment to Interoperability

July 29, 2015 07:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eClinicalWorks®,
a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, today announces its
free, electronic health record (EHR) vendor-neutral network, P2POpen,
has exchanged one and a half million referrals between medical providers
utilizing a variety of systems. Total communications to date is two
million referrals, consults and messages for this network that ensures
healthcare providers can connect with each other for patient care
regardless of what EHR system is in use or if the practice is using
paper records. The company has taken an additional step by receiving
full accreditation as a health information service provider, or HISP,
from EHNAC-DirectTrust for eClinicalWorks’ eClinicalDirect.

“As a primary care physician, I regularly collaborate with other
providers regarding my patients,” said Dr. Bradley Block, of Block,
Nation, Chase & Smolen Family Medicine from Oviedo, Fla. “Thanks to
P2POpen, we are able to communicate with other providers using a fast,
easy and secure platform in which we have built a very large community
of providers. P2POpen has also provided us with a medical data sharing
capability for maintaining and sharing accurate, reliable and consistent
data on patients managed by multiple providers in separate, independent
physician practices. For me, P2POpen does not just stand for ‘Peer to
Peer’ Information Sharing, but should also be known as ‘Peer = Peer’.”

In order to maximize investments in electronic health records, pertinent
information related to patient care needs to be exchanged regardless of
the system used. A lack of interoperability is a significant barrier to
patient satisfaction and improving patient care. To that end,
eClinicalWorks has been pursing multiple avenues to ensure
interoperability in several formats. eClinicalWorks P2POpen network is
an open peer to peer network of 85,000 providers, 1 in 5 of whom are
using a different EHR system than eClinicalWorks, that share relevant
information between providers regardless of the system they are using.
This system-neutral solution allows the open, electronic transfer of
records between any healthcare provider.

Separately, DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance that
advances secure and trusted heath information exchange by the Direct
Protocol, has awarded eClinicalDirect full accreditation in the
EHNAC-DirectTrust Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP).

“We believe that optimal physician collaboration is central to improving
the overall quality of patient care,” said Girish Navani, CEO and
co-founder of eClinicalWorks. “Communication between EHRs aids the
delivery of care and advances the industry as a whole. It is great to
see how welcoming providers have been to P2POpen as a means to exchange
information with their peers. We are also excited to be a part of
DirectTrust and help move the industry forward.”

P2POpen supports national standards and makes interoperability
affordable. Members that Join the Network are able to:

Easily find and connect with providers;

Send electronic referrals to other providers along with demographic
and insurance information, saving time and reducing errors;

About eClinicalWorkseClinicalWorks® is a
privately-held leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions. With
physicians across all 50 states using its solutions, customers include
ACOs, physician practices, out-patient departments of hospitals,
community health centers, departments of health and convenient care
clinics. Thirteen eClinicalWorks customers have received the prestigious
HIMSS Davies Awards during the past eight years, honoring excellence in
electronic health record implementation. The company is second largest
in the country for e-prescribing. Based in Westborough, Mass.,
eClinicalWorks has additional offices in New York City, Chicago,
California and Georgia. For more information, please visit www.eclinicalworks.com,
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